League Play-Off

Stade Tavernes
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Bertrand Delpuech managed to get in a good position for a shot. Grenoble's supporters rose to their feet, but Bertrand Delpuech was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bryan Frey breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Emile Colinet hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. In the 6th minute, Francois Jouffroy got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Bryan Frey stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Francois Jouffroy's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. When Francois Jouffroy came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Grenoble fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Francois Jouffroy couldn't finish the play. If Bertrand Delpuech had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Roman Payet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 27th minute, Roman Payet got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Emile Izard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Axel Flamand took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 31st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marcel Barnabe. Grenoble's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 33 minutes into the match, Emile Izard notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Grenoble's Marcel Barnabe. Marcel Barnabe was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Bertrand Delpuech had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Francois Jouffroy's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Bryan Frey read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 39th minute of play. In the 41st minute Francois Jouffroy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bryan Frey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd match minute, Tavernes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roland Mariani to maneuver through the defense. When Grenoble's Francois Jouffroy in the 46th minute got a chance for a shot 46th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tavernes's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, Tavernes's Emile Colinet got a free kick in the 46th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Francois Jouffroy made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Tavernes's goalkeeper Bryan Frey had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bertrand Delpuech. After 54 minutes, Ronan Saby mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tavernes and the Grenoble players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Grenoble booed when Tavernes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ronan Saby didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bryan Frey acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 55th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Joe Houssaye. Bertrand Delpuech fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bryan Frey having to interfere. After 66 played minutes, Tavernes's Claude Camara shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Marcel Barnabe came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Tavernes reached it. Bertrand Delpuech received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Bryan Frey tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emile Colinet's late challenge caught a Grenoble's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emile Colinet helped the player get up and apologised. In the 72nd match minute, Tavernes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emile Colinet to maneuver through the defense. Emile Izard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 82nd match minute, Tavernes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emile Izard to maneuver through the defense. Fernand Royon hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Claude Camara, 90 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. If Emile Izard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.